While most premium bullet manufacturers are trying to increase penetration over conventional bullets, the Swift Sciroccos appear designed to pancake out considerablywithout coming apart - and subsequently make a bigger wound channel at about the same level of penetration as conventional bullets. They will put an elk on the ground faster than anything I have seen so far,but still can break big bones if necessary.

One of my companions was completing the trigger squeeze on an elk about 350 yard away last fall - when it bolted just as the gun went off. The 180 grain Scirocco out of a .300 Min Mag hit the elk squarely in the pelvic bone. Elk dropped in his tracks. Bullet was found under skin on opposite side. Even after penetrating the biggest bone and heaviest muscle in the animal, it still was intact and weighed 166 grains. Not a pretty shot, but an impressive endorsement of this bullet's ability to hold together.